This course is an overview of some key historical, philosophical,
and sociological dimensions of international justice. We examine the idea of
justice in human societies in different times and places , the origins of international
justice in the Enlightenment, and contemporary utopian discourses on justice
in the twentieth century. We then focus on the structure of international justice
in the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on war crimes trials, truth
and reconciliation commissions, and reparations in post-conflict societies.

Required Books and Readings

Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace and Other Essays.
Hackett PublishingJohn Rawls, The Law of Peoples. Harvard University
PressHannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Note
on the Banality of Evil, PenguinRichard Wilson, The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation
in South Africa, Cambridge University PressCouncil on Foreign Relations, Toward an International
Criminal Court, Council on Foreign Relations Press

There are also a number of articles on electronic reserve
which you can access throughout the semester. Some reserve reading can be found
on the Internet and I have indicated where this is the case.

Class Policies:

Attendance and class participation is required. Each week,
there will be a short assignment based on the readings which will be collected
and used as the basis for class discussions. These will count in the final grade.
In addition, each student will write three 5-7 page papers and a take home final
exam.

Monday , February 10 – Thursday, February 17 The Birth of the Idea of International Justice Read:Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace - in entirety,
with the following exceptions: in the chapter, "Theory and Practice",
read only section III and skip the chapter, "The End of All Things"

Monday, February 10: Guest Speaker, Professor Nicholas
de Warren

Thursday, February 20 – Monday, March 3Modern Liberal Internationalism: John Rawls’ Utopian Project
Read: John Rawls, The Law of Peoples, in entirety
John Kekes, "Dangerous Egalitarian Dreams," at:http://www.city-journal.org/html/11_4_urbanities-dangerous.htmlRalf Dahrendorf, "On the Origins of Inequality Among
Men" (e-reserve)J.L. Talmon, Utopianism and Politics (e-reserve)

Paper 1 due: March 6

Beginning Thursday, March 6 , through end of classModes of International Justice

Thursday, March 6: Professor Richard Wilson will be
a guest speaker in our class (he is the author of one of our course books)

March 10- March 31 (Spring Break is March 14-23 )War Crimes Trials

March 13 we will have an open class at the Davis Museum
and Cultural Center centering around the work of Fazil Shiek, a photographer
and writer whose work is relevant to our class. The class should meet in the
gallery.

Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on The
Banality of Evil, , in entirety. A nice synopsis of Arendt’s work, as well
as some good discussion questions which we will use in class can be found at:http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/rguides/us/eichmann.htmlGershom Sholem and Hannah Arendt correspondence
(e-reserve)Films: "Judgement at Nuremberg" Films from Trial of Adolf Eichmann Times and places to be announced. Attendance is mandatory.

Paper 2 due: April 3

Monday, March 31: Professor John Torpey will be a guest
speaker in our class

Thursday, April 3 – Tuesday, April 15 Case Studies of Justice: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
of South Africa Read:Richard Wilson, The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation
in South Africa, in entirety

Tuesday, April 8, Mr. David Rieff, author of A
Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis, will our guest speaker in
our class

Paper 3 due: Thursday, May 1 (since there is no class,
please drop papers off at the Sociology office)

Thursday, May 1: No Class – please attend the George
Orwell Centenary Conference at Wellesley College from May 1- May 3 . Information
to be provided.

Monday, May 5 ( we will schedule one extra make-up class
so we can cover this topic adequately)The Debate over the International Criminal Court Read: Toward an International Criminal Court, in
entirety